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OpenDocument Gains New Fans

Posted by Zonk on from the you're-nobody-till-somebody-loves-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The OpenDocument format is gathering steam, as several influential companies seek an alternative to Microsoft Office." From the article: "The ODF Summit brought together representatives from a handful of industry groups and from at least 13 technology companies, including Oracle, Google and Novell. That stepped-up commitment from major companies comes amid signs that states are considering getting behind OpenDocument. James Gallt, the associate director for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, said Wednesday that there are a number of state agencies are exploring the use of the document format standard."

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  1. Unfortunately... by keraneuology · · Score: 5, Funny

    Unfortunately, under the terms of MS licensing these companies are prohibited from using MS Office to draft documents or emails discussing using an open document format.

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    1. Re:Unfortunately... by AKAImBatman · · Score: 2, Funny

      To hell with Microsoft then! They can use OpenOffice to draft any damn format they want! Cry Havoc, and let loose the dogs of war!

      * tongue planted firmly in cheek :-)

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    2. Re:Unfortunately... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      According to our Microsoft sales rep, they won't support the open document format because if they do, they'll have to release Office under the GPL.

  2. I suggest by karvind · · Score: 5, Funny

    Goo' ol' ASCII for text and figures.

  3. Who is James Gallt? by faqmaster · · Score: 5, Funny

    Who is James Gallt? Him? Why he's the associate director for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.

    Oh, JOHN Galt. John Galt. It's, "Who is John Galt?"

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  4. Re:Unfortunately... it reminds me of Fight Club by maxwell+demon · · Score: 5, Funny
    (Now watch as this gets modded +5 for no reason!)

    First rule of getting moderated: Don't talk about getting moderated!
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  5. Re:Prediction by IANAAC · · Score: 5, Funny
    Several posts were bizarrely moderated. I think a very angry person got mod points today. :-)

    That's because it's... Thursday. The last time something like that happened was on a Wednesday.

  6. Re:DRM in OpenDocument by flanman · · Score: 2, Funny

    DRM is absolutely a necessity if OpenDocument is to become a viable choice in secure applications.

    If I work on secret stuff and I want to control who gets access to something that I write, I can use DRM.

    This is especially useful when I write nasty things about my PHB and want to control who sees my picture of him with his admin assistant.

  7. A pretty easy sell by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 5, Funny

    to: ceo@oracle.com ; ceo@google.com ; ceo@novell.com
    subject: pissing in Microsoft's corn flakes

    Dear sirs.

    Would you like to lend your names to an initiative that will annoy Microsoft, and may eventually cut into their gigantic MS Office revenues? (Revenue they use to subsidize the parts of Microsoft that *your* company competes with.)

    This initiative involves a segment of the software industry that none of you compete directly in.

    Hope to hear from you soon.

    Sincerely - Open Document Guy.